Beer-cooler



W. D. BARDEN. l

Beer Cooler.

,776. Patented May 24, 188|.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENTN OFFICE.

WILLIAM D. BARDEN, OF TRENTON, TENNESSEE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 241,776, dated May 24,1881. Application filed July 31, 1880. (No model.)

lowing is a specication.

My invention relates to `that class ot' beer coolers in which the beerto be dispensed passes through a coil of pipe surrounded by ice withi inan inelosed chamber.

My said invention will be hereinafter particularly set forth, andspecified in the claims.

Briefly, I place an ice-holding basket composed of a top ring,beer-conducting pipes, and a bottom chamber, within a water-cooleriuclosed within a covering-vessel, havihg an intervenin g packing ofnon-conductin g material, whereby cold beer may be drawn off andicewater dispensed also. yThe special means necessary to'such aresultwill be hereinafter described and claimed, andare shown intheaccompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure l represents a vertical section;Fig. 2, a similar section on the line :n x of Fig. 1, and Fig.3 aperspective v'ew of the ice-basket removed.

The easin gAis preferably cylindrical in form, and incloses a coveredcylinder, B, which acts as an ice-water receptacle, the bottom of `whichdoes not touch the bottom of the case A, but is supported therein byfeet. Around the cyl inder B, and between it and the case A, there is anon-conducting packing, a, of sawdust or other cheap material.

Within the cylinder ets c upon the inner side of said cylinder, and nearits top, an icebasket, C, composed of an annular tube, d, and tubes econnecting therewith, and downwardly curving to `a shallow centralcircular receptacle or chamber, D, the top of which extends abovetheplane ofthe discharge-exits of the tubes e, so as to form a chamberfor the cooled beer, and a reservoir for the collection and storage ofthe beer, and to permit of room for carbonic-acidgas collection, so thatthere may be a proper dischargeforce. This chamber D is pierced by thebeerdischarge pipe E at the bottom, and so also the top annular tube, d,by the receiving-pipe F from the barrel. As the basketrrests upon B, lhang upon brack` the brackets c it may be removed daily for the purposeof cleaning the bottom of the water vessel or inner cylinder, B,although if clean ice be used such frequency of cleaning is umnecessary.

Stay-pieces f center the inclosing-case.

At any suitable point the annular tube cl is pierced by a pipe, F,connecting with a pipecoupling, h, from the beer-barrel, and thecontents of the beer-barrel are discharged into this annular tube d byforce of gravity or the usual pump-power. As the basket C, hithertodescribed, contains the ice, the beer owsthrough the said annulus andthe downwardly-curving tubes e to the receptacle D, which latter ispiercedat any point bythe beer-faucet pipe E, which latter is protectedan d guarded through the intervening non-conducting material by apipe-sleeve, t',- so, also, is the connection of the beer-barrel pipeguarded by a similar pipesleeve guard, k, as shown. Inmaking theseconnections the pipes are screwed into threaded connections ll', and onebeing secured the other matches. So, also, similar connections andsleeves m m provide for the discharge of icewater from the cooler B,`andthe discharge-pipe S for ice-water may be changed from the one side tothe other by suitable-coupling-connections o, so as to accommodate theapparatus to the position of the counter;

The icc-basket is held near the top, so as to permit of plenty of roomfor ice-water.

It will be seen that a great advantage of my invention consists in thesaving of ice, as fourthe water-cooler within teen pounds will last allday.

In removing the basket it is only necessary to uncouple thebarrel-connecting and draft pipes.

The connections with the water-chamber are made watertight bypackingfnuts o' secured from the inside of said chamber, as shown in thedetail, Fig. 4.

I claim- 1. In abeer-cooler, the removable ice-basket C, composed of theannular top tube, d, the bottom reservoir-chamber, D, of less diameterthan said top tube, and the tubes c, connecting and communicating withsaid annular top tube and bottom reservoirchamber, substantially asdescribed, for the purpose specified.

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2. In a beer-cooling apparatus, in which a Water-cooler is surrounded bya non-conduct inginclosing-case, the ice-basket composed ofbeer-conducting tubes suspended above the bottom of saidWatercooler,substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

3. In a beer-cooler, the combination ot' the suspended basket C,constructed substantially as shown and described, with the coveredoasingA, the covered Water-coolerB, and the pipes E, F, and S, the saidcasing being provided with non-conductin g material surrounding saidcooler, and the said pipes being provided with protecting-sleevespassing through said non-oonducting material, substantially as shown and15 described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

' WILLIAM DICKSON BARDEN. Witnesses:

J. G. WELLS, M. C. HoLMns.

